Courses · California

Ancil Hoffman Golf Course

Carmichael, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by William Francis Bell, opened 1965.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

• At about 70 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
• Biggest climb: hole 1, where the green sits 7 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
• 15 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

349 (Gold) · 341 (Blue) · 323 (White) · 323 (White/Black) · 279 (Green) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

351+7 ft

Green · Gold tee

334 · 349 · 361front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 23yards deep × wide

Fairway

36 ydswide at 217

Green slope

3.5%falls to the front

In play

• Water left: 73 to reach, 129 to carry
• Bunker right: 220 to reach, 242 to carry
• Bunker left: 243 to reach, 255 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 229 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 220 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 220 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 217 and narrows to 20 at 251.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

588 (Gold) · 534 (Blue) · 465 (White) · 403 (White/Black) · 403 (Green) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

587-2 ft

Green · Gold tee

575 · 588 · 599front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 228

In play

• Bunker right: 513 to reach, 527 to carry
• Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 22 at 218.
• Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 3 · Par 4

401 (Gold) · 366 (Blue) · 351 (White) · 324 (White/Black) · 272 (Green) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

400-2 ft

Green · Gold tee

385 · 401 · 416front · middle · back

Green size

32 × 20yards deep × wide

Fairway

30 ydswide at 228

Green slope

3%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 277 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 228.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 38 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 green slope reads
• 3 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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